G.R. NO. 157847 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE AIR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (ATO), VS. LEODIGARIO SARABIA, HERMENIGILDO DE LA CRUZ, DELIA REBUTAR, MILDRED ROSE, ANITA DE LA CRUZ, ERLINDA LUCERIO, GEORGIE DE LA CRUZ, FELMA DE LA CRUZ, FELINO DE LA CRUZ, TERESITA SAMSON, AND EVANGELINE

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered: Fixing the amount of P800.00 per square meter as just compensation to be paid by plaintiff to defendants for the taking of the subject property indicated as Lot 6068-A in the Sketch Plan (Annex B, complaint) containing an area of 4,901 square meters which is a portion of the bigger parcel of land covered by Original Certificate of Title No. P-15596. The aggregate amount shall earn legal interest of 6% per annum commencing from November 11, 1999 until the finality of this Decision, thereafter, 12% interest per annum from the finality of the Decision on the remaining unpaid amount until full payment. Ordering the defendants to withdraw the amount of P50,000.00 deposited provisionally with the Land Bank Kalibo Branch, Kalibo, Aklan, by the Air Transportation Office under Savings Account No. 0452-1084-45 to be deducted therefrom the costs of P10,600.00 and balance shall be deducted from the aggregate amount of the just compensation; and Declaring the plaintiff's lawful right to retain possession of the subject property and to appropriate it for the public purpose it was intended for, i.e., the operations of the airport control tower, Kalibo crash fire rescue station, airport terminal and headquarters of the PNP Aviation Security, upon full payment of the just compensation thereat as fixed in paragraph 1 hereof. Plaintiff is directed to pay the costs of P9,600.00 representing the Commissioners' fees equivalent to P800.00 per session for each commissioner, and P1,000.00 to Mr. Remegio M. Bautista as the designated secretary of the commissioners. SO ORDERED.